Vertical
adjective
Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; not sloping.
She drew a vertical line on the paper.
Often appears as...
- vertical line
- vertical plane
adjective
Relating to the vertex.
The angle formed by the vertical is called the vertex angle.
Often appears as...
- vertical angle
- vertical vertex
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Technical
adjective
Involving different stages within one industry or organization.
Vertical integration allows a company to control all stages of production.
Often appears as...
- vertical integration
- vertical expansion
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Academic
adjective
Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; not sloping.
She drew a vertical line on the paper.
Often appears as...
- vertical line
- vertical plane
adjective
Relating to the vertex.
The angle formed by the vertical is called the vertex angle.
Often appears as...
- vertical angle
- vertical vertex
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Involving different stages within one industry or organization.
Vertical integration allows a company to control all stages of production.
Often appears as...
- vertical integration
- vertical expansion
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Direction Clarity
The adjective 'vertical' highlights the direction of an object, contrasting horizontal.
The vertical flagpole stands tall and straight.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Sloping
'Vertical' emphasizes the lack of slant, crucial in construction and design.
Ensure the post is vertical to the ground before setting it.
Pro Tip 3/3Easy Visualization
Visualize vertical as standing like a person, helps grasp spatial orientation.
The skyscraper's walls are as vertical as a standing man.
Pro Tip 1/3Direction Clarity
The adjective 'vertical' highlights the direction of an object, contrasting horizontal.
The vertical flagpole stands tall and straight.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Sloping
'Vertical' emphasizes the lack of slant, crucial in construction and design.
Ensure the post is vertical to the ground before setting it.
Pro Tip 3/3Easy Visualization
Visualize vertical as standing like a person, helps grasp spatial orientation.
The skyscraper's walls are as vertical as a standing man.
Pro Tip 1/3Direction Clarity
The adjective 'vertical' highlights the direction of an object, contrasting horizontal.
The vertical flagpole stands tall and straight.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Sloping
'Vertical' emphasizes the lack of slant, crucial in construction and design.
Ensure the post is vertical to the ground before setting it.
Pro Tip 3/3Easy Visualization
Visualize vertical as standing like a person, helps grasp spatial orientation.
The skyscraper's walls are as vertical as a standing man.
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The secret lives of baby...
that larvae may not be as helpless as they seem, and are capable of taking their fate in their own fins to maximize their chances of survival. The larvae of many species are unexpectedly strong swimmers, and can move vertically in the water column to place themselves in different water masses and preferentially ride certain currents.
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The benefits of good...
This keeps your center of gravity directly over your base of support, which allows you to move efficiently with the least amount of fatigue and muscle strain. If you're sitting, your neck should be vertical, not tilted forward. Your shoulders should be relaxed with your arms close to your trunk.
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Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
On the horizontal axis is income inequality. The further to the right you go, the greater the income inequality. On the vertical axis are nine social and health metrics. The more you go up that, the worse the problems are, and those metrics include life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, literacy,
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
but there is another dimension to habitability, and this is a vertical dimension. Think of it as conditions in the subsurface of a planet where you are very far away from a sun, but you still have water, energy, nutrients, which for some of them means food, and a protection.
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The physics of the...
pushing against the floor to generate a tiny amount of new torque. At the same time, her arms sweep open to help her keep her balance. The turns are most effective if her center of gravity stays constant, and a skilled dancer will be able to keep her turning axis vertical.
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9/11 Impact Anatomy PIPE...
starts heating the columns which are unprotected there is now no insulation on them and it starts hitting the beams see the beams in a manner of speaking provide restraint at the edges of the columns which are loaded axially in the vertical
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What happens to our...
that might help with the space issue? In some countries, skyscraper cemeteries enable vertical burials. Some options focus on the body's relationship with the environment. Promession, for example, freeze-dries and pulverizes the body,
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The role of disruption...
facts I began imagining a world in which the film could exist if precogs predict crime then people would want to be closer to them so the city would become more populated which would make the architecture go more vertical and
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Mesmerising Owl Moments...
they're even able to take off vertically from standing it's a great defensive move especially when you've got young to protect
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The Deadly Portuguese...
it floats with the help of a gas-filled bladder topped by a vertical membrane with that serving as a sail it maintains
Video examples
The secret lives of baby...
that larvae may not be as helpless as they seem, and are capable of taking their fate in their own fins to maximize their chances of survival. The larvae of many species are unexpectedly strong swimmers, and can move vertically in the water column to place themselves in different water masses and preferentially ride certain currents.
Video examples
The benefits of good...
This keeps your center of gravity directly over your base of support, which allows you to move efficiently with the least amount of fatigue and muscle strain. If you're sitting, your neck should be vertical, not tilted forward. Your shoulders should be relaxed with your arms close to your trunk.
Video examples
Paul Tudor Jones II: Why...
On the horizontal axis is income inequality. The further to the right you go, the greater the income inequality. On the vertical axis are nine social and health metrics. The more you go up that, the worse the problems are, and those metrics include life expectancy, teenage pregnancy, literacy,
Video examples
Nathalie Cabrol: How...
but there is another dimension to habitability, and this is a vertical dimension. Think of it as conditions in the subsurface of a planet where you are very far away from a sun, but you still have water, energy, nutrients, which for some of them means food, and a protection.
Video examples
The physics of the...
pushing against the floor to generate a tiny amount of new torque. At the same time, her arms sweep open to help her keep her balance. The turns are most effective if her center of gravity stays constant, and a skilled dancer will be able to keep her turning axis vertical.
Video examples
9/11 Impact Anatomy PIPE...
starts heating the columns which are unprotected there is now no insulation on them and it starts hitting the beams see the beams in a manner of speaking provide restraint at the edges of the columns which are loaded axially in the vertical
Video examples
What happens to our...
that might help with the space issue? In some countries, skyscraper cemeteries enable vertical burials. Some options focus on the body's relationship with the environment. Promession, for example, freeze-dries and pulverizes the body,
Video examples
The role of disruption...
facts I began imagining a world in which the film could exist if precogs predict crime then people would want to be closer to them so the city would become more populated which would make the architecture go more vertical and
Video examples
Mesmerising Owl Moments...
they're even able to take off vertically from standing it's a great defensive move especially when you've got young to protect
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The Deadly Portuguese...
it floats with the help of a gas-filled bladder topped by a vertical membrane with that serving as a sail it maintains
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Klay Thompson
American Athlete
I'm trying to get a lower center of gravity. I think, when I play at a lower level, it helps my overall game, just my explosiveness to the rim with the ball in my hands. When I play with a lower center of gravity, my legs are always in my shot instead of playing vertical out there where I don't get the same explosion or legs into my shot.
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Yves Rossy
Swiss Inventor
When you're in a fighter jet and there's a dark layer of clouds with just one blue hole with the sun going through it, you shoot for that hole. You go vertical into the light, and suddenly, instead of gray and dark, it's light and blue. You are totally connected with the elements. You are in another world.
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Michael Dell
American Businessman
The whole idea behind virtual integration is that it lets you meet customers' needs faster and more efficiently than any other model. With vertical integration, you can be an efficient producer - as long as the world isn't changing very much.
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Tim Cook
American Businessman
To me, this is the perfect marriage. There's no friction. There's just, we have what they need, they have what we need. And so IBM is in the process, with our help, of designing many different apps for many different verticals.
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Michael G. Rubin
Being able to make sure we have exactly what the fan wants at any time, that's what really drives our business. And having a supply chain that's vertical, and can get that merchandise to the fan, is incredibly important.
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Tim Armstrong
American Businessman
I think, from a standpoint of editorial, you know, AOL historically has played in a very deep way across many different verticals in the content space. Huffington Post adds a very large new dimension to that.
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Amy Jo Martin
American Author
We live in a social world now, and there's no denying the power that Twitter has yielded across all verticals. Sports is a perfect fit because fans are highly emotionally charged and things happen quick.
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Richard Ben-Veniste
American Lawyer
With respect to the FBI, they had problems communicating in a vertical way, within the FBI itself, so that information of importance could get pushed up to those who were decision-makers.
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Tan France
English Designer
From my vertical, people, especially men, don't realize what clothes can do for their self-esteem, the way they see themselves, their confidence.
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Sundar Pichai
Indian Businessman
Nest is one vertical implementation of a set of smart products for the home. But we will support other people's smart products for the home.
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Klay Thompson
American Athlete
I'm trying to get a lower center of gravity. I think, when I play at a lower level, it helps my overall game, just my explosiveness to the rim with the ball in my hands. When I play with a lower center of gravity, my legs are always in my shot instead of playing vertical out there where I don't get the same explosion or legs into my shot.
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Yves Rossy
Swiss Inventor
When you're in a fighter jet and there's a dark layer of clouds with just one blue hole with the sun going through it, you shoot for that hole. You go vertical into the light, and suddenly, instead of gray and dark, it's light and blue. You are totally connected with the elements. You are in another world.
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Michael Dell
American Businessman
The whole idea behind virtual integration is that it lets you meet customers' needs faster and more efficiently than any other model. With vertical integration, you can be an efficient producer - as long as the world isn't changing very much.
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Tim Cook
American Businessman
To me, this is the perfect marriage. There's no friction. There's just, we have what they need, they have what we need. And so IBM is in the process, with our help, of designing many different apps for many different verticals.
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Michael G. Rubin
Being able to make sure we have exactly what the fan wants at any time, that's what really drives our business. And having a supply chain that's vertical, and can get that merchandise to the fan, is incredibly important.
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Tim Armstrong
American Businessman
I think, from a standpoint of editorial, you know, AOL historically has played in a very deep way across many different verticals in the content space. Huffington Post adds a very large new dimension to that.
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Amy Jo Martin
American Author
We live in a social world now, and there's no denying the power that Twitter has yielded across all verticals. Sports is a perfect fit because fans are highly emotionally charged and things happen quick.
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Richard Ben-Veniste
American Lawyer
With respect to the FBI, they had problems communicating in a vertical way, within the FBI itself, so that information of importance could get pushed up to those who were decision-makers.
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Tan France
English Designer
From my vertical, people, especially men, don't realize what clothes can do for their self-esteem, the way they see themselves, their confidence.
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Sundar Pichai
Indian Businessman
Nest is one vertical implementation of a set of smart products for the home. But we will support other people's smart products for the home.
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